1. The Prevalence of Smoking (Cigarette and Waterpipe) among University Students in Some Arab Countries: A Systematic Review
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Yarui Geng, Samer Abdo Al-Wesabi, and Abdulsalam M A Nasser
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Adult ,Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Tobacco use ,Universities ,education ,Water Pipe Smoking ,Review Article ,Smoking prevalence ,Cigarette Smoking ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Age Distribution ,0302 clinical medicine ,systematic review ,Cigarette smoking ,Waterpipe Smoking ,Prevalence ,Humans ,Medicine ,Palestine ,cigarette and waterpipe ,students ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Arab countries ,Arabs ,030104 developmental biology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,business ,Demography - Abstract
Background: Tobacco use among university students remains the most alarming problem worldwide. This study aims to systematically review the previous literature for determining the prevalence of smoking (cigarette and waterpipe) among university students in some Arab countries. Methods: We electronically searched articles from MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar and Google for the period from April 2018 to June 2019. We conducted a systematic review of eligible studies published in English between 2006 and 2019, for assessing cigarette and waterpipe smoking among university students. The studies were all cross-sectional according to eligibility criteria and contained 469 studies19 meet the inclusion criteria from 12 countries of (Yemen, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Libya and United Arab Emirates (UAE). Results: the study included a total of participants (N=45,306) (33,450 Males vs 11,856 Females). The overall highest rate of current smoking among students was in Egypt (46.7%), Kuwait (46%) and KSA (42.3%). The smoking prevalence among males was significantly higher than females in Yemen (36.3% vs 28.0%,p
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- 2020